Lithuanian and Sinhalese
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Sri Lanka
National Language
Lithuania
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Latvian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ačiū
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Labanakt
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Prašom
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
atsiprašau
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Lithuania
-
Dialect 3
Curonian
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Lithuania
-
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
lituanien
singhalais
German Name
Litauisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
lith1251
sinh1246
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Lithuanian and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Lithuanian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Sinhalese on Lithuanian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Lithuanian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.